GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| colloquy | conversation |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| concordat | compact |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |